Ellen is revered as a Hero, but what did she really do? Did she fight the karkas to protect Lion's Arch? No, you did! Did she fight the Molten Alliance? No, you did! Did she protect the refugees against karkas? No, you did! Did she fought the Etherblades, and found the councilor assasins? No, you did!

Do not let her false glory take you to the wrong way...

Evon Gnashblade, on the other hand, never took glory for something he didn't accomplish.

Without Evon, you wouldn't have the Black Lion Trading Company. You wouldn't be able to trade securely with your fellow adventurers. You would have to risk scams, or to get yourself those fials of blood to craft your new armor.

Maybe it might be about Abaddon's fall-from-grace prior to the events of Nightfall. For all we know, Kiel's research into the Thaumanova reactor will reveal that it was actually the explosive result of Trahearne and Kormir's lovechild being born. Not even Asuran Technology could contain that much Mary Sue.

Responsible of THE SHAMELESS AND FRAUDULENT RNG BOXES everyone loves to HATE.

Ellen Kiel, badass girl that blowed up fraudulent contracts of the Consortium, shaddy moneymakers responsible for the karka attacks. Wonder who sold Consortium products? Gnashblade. Who profits from people dying during the Molten Alliance attacks? Gnashblade, selling thematic dyes and hoarding enemy weapons to resell them.

Vote Gnashblade for:

More RNG scam boxes, because you want to spend your well-earn money in chances and false hopes!

Relationships with shaddy people, like the Consortium, responsible for countless deaths!

Gem traffic and monopoly, all while the gold rides the inflation train!

Lies and political demagogy against his adversaries, because truth isn't profitable!

Cheaper Black Lion Keys: Get scammed, now cheaper!

Kiel defends us. Gnashblade abuses us with terrible trading post taxes, all while he allows market manipulation, and does nothing to solve it!

Abaddon? Why would he be that interested in bringing Abaddon back? DON'T TRUST EVON GNASHBLADE!

Canach wanted to blow them up while they were still at the office, which would have killed a lot of people, Consortium or no. Kiel destroyed the contracts, freeing the refugees from the Consortium, while simultaneously ensuring no one was killed by an act of terrorism.

Ellen is revered as a Hero, but what did she really do? Did she fight the karkas to protect Lion's Arch? No, you did! Did she fight the Molten Alliance? No, you did! Did she protect the refugees against karkas? No, you did! Did she fought the Etherblades, and found the councilor assasins? No, you did!

I don't understand how that's even an argument. The player is the one doing stuff because that's how it's supposed to be as a game. Lore-wise, Ellen helps a lot with things going on. I don't think it would be much fun if the gameplay was just the player waiting around while the other characters of the story does all the work.

We worked with Kiel to actually accomplish things. She did fight the karka and the Aetherblades alongside us, and she did protect the refugees--if it weren't for her outwitting the Consortium, they would still be serving on Southsun Cove.

The best thing that can be said about Gnashblade is that he's a good businessman. Don't make the mistake of thinking that the trading post is a public service; it lines his pockets nicely, and if it didn't, he wouldn't do it out of the goodness of his heart. If he weren't doing it, someone else would step up to take advantage of the opportunity. Where is he when there are threats to Lion's Arch? Oh, yes, he's standing guard in the trading post, selling themed items for every crisis. If you think he'll do any differently once he's on the Council, you're fooling yourself.

Kiel has done her job admirably, and if she hadn't, Magnus wouldn't be supporting her bid for the Council seat.

'Without Evon, you wouldn't have the Black Lion Trading Company. You wouldn't be able to trade securely with your fellow adventurers. You would have to risk scams, or to get yourself those fials of blood to craft your new armor.'

I remember losing a good amount of gold within the first week the AH was up (and bugged). I never got it back, but I dunno if I should blame Evon ... or if I should blame Anet ;)

I dunno, reduced way points are a lot more tempting. One saves you money on essentials while the other is basically just a coupon at his store. He's trying to get you to give him more money. You can bet he'll still be making a profit on the black lion keys, just not as much.. This will be made up for by the increased volume of sales.

More importantly, how much gold will you really be saving by the reduced waypointing costs? Most people are being lured by the promised of cheaper waypoints but in all honest it's probably only going to save people 1-2 gold maximum

I'd much rather pay the extra gold and get to witness the fall of Abaddon.

i'm going to vote for Ellen Kiel, at least she is part of the story and you have some history with her. Gnashblade just appear out of nowhere, trying to scam you like a politician. He only want to win the council seat and will disappear afterward.

Vote Ellen Kiel who worked with you to save Southcove. Btw i'm going to get everybody in my guild to vote for Ellen!

You can't really say Gnashblade's content is more impressive when we don't even know what the Thaumanova Reactor explosion would even be like. With Abaddon, people are just going with what's familiar (at least for GW1 players).

Aetherblade Retreat is no longer a prize. The Great Evon Gnashblade now offers The Fall of Abaddon, whereas Ellen Kiel counters with the (ridiculous) Thaumanova Reactor (eh, countering with something build by Asuras, pathetic).

"When the reactor blew, the world's fabric turned inside out. Some things will never be the same..."

The events at the reactor altered the very fabric of reality. Anything, everything you know could be the result of that event! Do you truly want to live in a world where nothing can be trusted? Where anything could be a trick of the reactor? Ellen Kiel can show us the light! Kiel for council!

Yeah, I could get behind that. If it has a fun side (because watching gods wail on each other doesn't seem exciting, and I don't just want to beat on crap mobz while the real action is happening "behind the scenes"...).